Telcos push on with network slicing (hype)
Network slicing was the focus of attention for a couple of big telcos this week, with KDDI and Samsung announcing a new alliance and T-Mobile US extending its 5G beta programme.
Network slicing was the focus of attention for a couple of big telcos this week, with KDDI and Samsung announcing a new alliance and T-Mobile US extending its 5G beta programme.
As part of a new roaming agreement, KDDI will provide roaming services to competing Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile for the next three years.
KDDI has selected Samsung to provide the kit for its 5G standalone core network, and its pretty excited about the potential for furthering the 5G experience in Japan.
Japanese operator KDDI is ramping up its Open RAN activities ahead of a full-scale rollout in 2024.
Japan’s KDDI and Sony have demonstrated how a single application can make use of more than one network slice.
Japanese MNO KDDI’s network went down at the weekend, reportedly leaving around 40 million people unable to connect.
Nokia has secured itself a piece of the action in the shared 5G radio network being rolled out by Japan’s KDDI and SoftBank.
KDDI has contracted Starlink to provide satellite-based backhaul for mobile base station sites to remote areas.
KDDI and Softbank are using shared RAN equipment to help them reduce the cost and increase the speed of their 5G network deployment.
The Japanese greenfield operator Rakuten Mobile has seen its low-price strategy driving fast subscriber growth, so it has decided to double down on its iPhone 12 offers.
Two of Japan’s biggest car makers have enlisted Orange and KDDI to help them offer connected car services to more than a million drivers in Europe.
Japanese telcos KDDI and Softbank have inked a network sharing partnership to ease the commercial pressures of connectivity in the rural regions.
Within hours of each other Nordic kit vendors Nokia and Ericsson issued press releases announcing the completion of 5G core trials with Japanese operator KDDI.
Amazon Web Services has launched AWS Wavelength, which is designed to bring operators and app developers together at the edge of the network.
In a strange turn of events, both Ericsson and Nokia have made announcements claiming to be the primary partner for the efforts of Japanese telcos to drive towards 5G.
KDDI has announced an investment in Neutron Holdings, the company which owns the Lime scooter sharing service which is becoming increasingly popular around the world.
NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, Softbank, and Rakuten have all received the 5G licences they applied for, but they come with coverage obligations and security commitment.
Autonomous vehicles and the connected car have been one of the front-runners for 5G investments, but in demonstrating 4G can be used as low-latency connectivity for vehicles, has Nokia undermined its 5G mission?
On the day the latest issue of the Guinness Book of Records is released, one of the most obscure is broken in Korea.
Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom have announced a partnership to deploy world’s first transcontinental 5G trial network.